Bath Time

For the first time we had all four kids in the bathtub at the same time.  They thought it was so fun to have Allie in with them.  They all wanted a turn to hold her, but since babies are so slippery when wet we just let Tyler hold her for the picture.  We sure do love our cuties!

Best Winter Weather Ever!

The weather has been so incredibly nice the last week or so.  Today the sun was shining and the the temperatures were perfect.  After church and lunch we all headed outside to enjoy the sun.  Tyler got on his skates and Josh got his scooter and we all headed to the Kunzler's to play on their driveway. 




Tyler loves his roller blades  He has been practicing a lot and has gotten pretty good on his skates.  He is always asking Tony to teach him tricks like skating backwards.  Tony is currently looking for a nice pair of skates for himself so they can skate together.  It is amazing how expensive good skates are. 

Tony and Allie hung out soaking in sun while the kids played and I took pictures.  Tony did start to show Tyler a little bit of what it takes to learn how to skate backwards.  After that lesson we decided to go on a family walk.

Megan loves to get her pictures taken.  This is a shot I got of her running around the driveway.  She kept saying, "Take my picture mommy."  I got out our little red stroller and put Allie in it to see how she'd do on our walk.  I had a picture of us, but I accidentally deleted it, super bummed.  Allie did really good on the stroller ride.  She didn't fuss at all and was such a big girl.

When we went on our walk Josh wanted to ride his bike instead of his scooter.  It is definitely time to take off the training wheels and possibly to time to get him on a bigger bike too.  His knees were pretty high into the handle bars.  I might see if Tyler's bike will work for Josh and then get Tyler a new bike.  Guess we'll see.

Megan wanted to ride her bike on our walk.  Tony pushed Megan and had Koda on his leash  It worked pretty good except when Megan would steer her bike off track.  She too, is almost ready for the next size up in bikes.
After our walk we hung out in our front yard playing soccer and eating otter pops.  What an enjoyable Sunday.  Oh and after all that we went to my parents for my birthday dinner.  It was really yummy and the kids had so much fun playing with their cousins.

Megan's First Hair Cut

Megan before her hair cut with her baby hair that was thin straggly. 

After I cut it.  I was nervous that it would look terrible.  I have never cut girls hair before.  I quickly found that it would be really easy to cut hair shorter and shorter trying to even it out.  I didn't really want to go very short but mainly just get all the baby hair cut and even.  Note: Allie on the floor on her tummy.  She started rolling over today.  She did it like four times while she was on the floor this morning.

This is after her hair was dried.  I did end up trimming her bangs some more after this picture.  For the most part I am pretty pleased with how it turned out.  I guess we'll see if I attempt it again someday.

Ouch Josh

Josh totally biffed it when coming out of preschool today.  My dear friend, Marissa, picked him up with her daughter, Ella.  The kids like to run out to the sidewalk together and he hit his foot on the sidewalk and went down hard...face first.
He did put his hand down to stop himself and that got some pretty good road rash on it too.  He said he cried a little bit, but he is super tough and didn't cry for very long.  He did tell me that it hurt and needed some band-aids to feel better.
He said they hurt pretty bad in the bath this evening and really wanted on new band-aids.  So after his bath he got three new band-aids and is feeling much better. 

Last Indoor Soccer Games

Josh and Megan were excited to get their picture taken after Josh's soccer game.  He scored 2 goals today.  He LOVES his trophy and really enjoyed playing indoor soccer.  Josh scored a lot of goals this season and it was so much fun to see him get so excited when he would score a goal.
Megan and Allie did great watching their brothers play soccer this season.  It could be really fun if they all end up playing soccer at the same time.  Time will tell.

Tyler had a silly indoor soccer team.  We had to quickly get this picture before the next game started.  We have really enjoyed our soccer team and hope to play with them again for outdoor soccer.  We are not going to have the kids play the next session of indoor soccer since we are going to California in February and would miss 2 games.  Tony is going to be gone the Saturday before we go to CA to help drive his brother and his family down here from Washington, so that is 3 Saturday's that he'll be gone.  A few of the parents were disappointed but we hope that they still want to play on our outdoor team.

Megan is Batgirl

Megan wanted to put on Josh's Batman costume that he got for Christmas.  It was super cute to have her come in and say, "I am Batman."  Then I looked down and saw that she was holding a mermaid in one hand and a wand in the other, that made it that much more cute.  Megan is adorable!

Grandpa Willis's Funeral

Tony and Allie waiting for the dedication of the grave to begin.  We sure are going to miss Grandpa Willis.  We are very thankful to Margie for watching the older kids for us!

Bring the casket to the grave.

Michelle, Tony and Allie.  It was a little chilly, but nice and sunny.

Sherri, Wendy, Kevin, Julie, and Michelle

The crazy Clark's with their thumbs up.  We are such nerds.

My mom and dad by Grandpa Willis's casket.

Tony feeding Allie in the lobby after the lunch.

Bill, Norman, Kim, Connie, and Cristy

Nana with Allie.  She really liked Nana, we all do.

Allie - 4 Months Old

Allie turned 4 months old on the 28th.  She had her well child visit yesterday with Dr. Eyre.  The doctor said that she is looking great.  She still has some issues with dry skin, but we have some stuff that we have been putting on her that helps.  We just need to be better about putting it on her everyday.  Here are her stats:

Height: 25.5 in (90%)

Weight: 14 lbs 9 oz (60%)

Head: 41.5 cm (75%)

BMI: 25%

So she is a big healthy girl.  I don't think that we have had a baby that has been this tall before.  Megan was super petite so it only makes sense that Allie would be a big girl, right.  She is quite the talker and gabs all the time.  Tyler always thinks that she is saying real words and gets all excited when she talks.  She hasn't rolled over yet, but is starting to move a lot more.  She has quite the bald spot on the back of her head where the hair has rubbed off from moving it back and forth.  Luckily she really didn't have much to begin with, so you can't really tell.  Allie wakes once a night to eat, so that is really nice.  It'll be even nicer when she sleeps just an hour or two longer.  She is a great baby and we all love her so much.  Even her siblings still think she's great and love to give her hugs and kisses.  It is so nice having older kids that can help me with Allie and she loves them for it.  The time is going by fast, but we are all enjoying it.  We love our Allie and I am pretty sure she loves us too!

Snow Day Fun

It finally snowed enough snow for the kids to play in.  They didn't stay out in it very long, but liked playing in it.  They liked having a snow ball fight.  Megan didn't last very long in that fight.  We all love the snow and hope that it snows a lot more this winter.

Christmas Afternoon

After we left my parents house we headed to the Steenbliks.  We hung out and waited for the Grandma and Grandpa to get back from Great Grandpa Steenbliks house and for Suzanne and her family to come.
Once they were all there Grandma passed out the presents and let the kids open them.  They all got really fun, cute stuff and they were all very happy about it. 

Allie got a fun toy and a play mat for her to lay on.  Megan got some books and a Doc McStuffins play set that included lots of fun doctor tools.  Josh and Tyler both got some legos and Skylanders and Tyler got a nice Sunday outfit.  We all got some gift certificates for the movies and Tony and I got some money and lots of treats for everyone.  We were all very spoiled and felt very loved.

After hanging out there for a couple of hours we then went back to my parents for dinner and to talk to Aunt Teagan in Japan.
We thought that we would eat dinner first and then have everything cleaned up before we Skyped with Teagan.  Turned out that my mom messed up the time difference again and so Teagan was trying to Skype two hours earlier then we had thought. 

It all worked out and we got her on the big TV talking to all of us.  She seems super happy and doesn't want to come home.  That's pretty normal for most missionaries.
So after we talked with Teagan we finished putting dinner together and then ate.  It was super yummy and we all ate our fill.  Then it was finally time to go home.  It was a long busy day, but it was really nice to spend it with family.